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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 5</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to my words, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">consider my lament.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my cry for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">my King and my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">for to you I pray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the morning, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you hear my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">in the morning I lay my requests before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">and wait expectantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">with you, evil people are not welcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The arrogant cannot stand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">in your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">You hate all who do wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you destroy those who tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">The bloodthirsty and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, detest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But I, by your great love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">can come into your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">in reverence I bow down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">toward your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, in your righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">because of my enemies&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">make your way straight before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">their heart is filled with malice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">Their throat is an open grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">with their tongues they tell lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Declare them guilty, O God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Let their intrigues be their downfall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">Banish them for their many sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">for they have rebelled against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But let all who take refuge in you be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">let them ever sing for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">Spread your protection over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">that those who love your name may rejoice in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Surely, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you bless the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.5.12"><span class="content">you surround them with your favor as with a shield.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 35</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Contend, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, with those who contend with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">fight against those who fight against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take up shield and armor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">arise and come to my aid.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brandish spear and javelin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and block the way</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">against those who pursue me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">Say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am your salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May those who seek my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be disgraced and put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">may those who plot my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">be turned back in dismay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May they be like chaff before the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> driving them away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">may their path be dark and slippery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">with the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pursuing them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Since they hid their net for me without cause</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">and without cause dug a pit for me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">may ruin overtake them by surprise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may the net they hid entangle them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then my soul will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">and delight in his salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My whole being will exclaim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">You rescue the poor from those too strong for them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">the poor and needy from those who rob them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ruthless witnesses come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">they question me on things I know nothing about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">and leave me like one bereaved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">and humbled myself with fasting.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">When my prayers returned to me unanswered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I went about mourning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though for my friend or brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">I bowed my head in grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">as though weeping for my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">They slandered me without ceasing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:16 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew may mean </span><span class="fqa">Like an ungodly circle of mockers,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">they gnashed their teeth at me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.35.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How long, Lord, will you look on?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">Rescue me from their ravages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">my precious life from these lions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.35.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will give you thanks in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">among the throngs I will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not let those gloat over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">who are my enemies without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">do not let those who hate me without reason</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">maliciously wink the eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.35.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They do not speak peaceably,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">but devise false accusations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">against those who live quietly in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They sneer at me and say, &#8220;Aha! Aha!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">With our own eyes we have seen it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.35.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have seen this; do not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">Do not be far from me, Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Awake, and rise to my defense!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">Contend for me, my God and Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Vindicate me in your righteousness, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">do not let them gloat over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not let them think, &#8220;Aha, just what we wanted!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">or say, &#8220;We have swallowed him up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">May all who gloat over my distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">may all who exalt themselves over me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">be clothed with shame and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">May those who delight in my vindication</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">shout for joy and gladness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">may they always say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">who delights in the well-being of his servant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.35.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.35.28"><span class="content">your praises all day long.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">65</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 65</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 65:1-13 is numbered 65:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.65.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise awaits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">befits</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> you, our God, in Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.65.1"><span class="content">to you our vows will be fulfilled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.65.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.65.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You who answer prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.65.2"><span class="content">to you all people will come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.65.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.65.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When we were overwhelmed by sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.65.3"><span class="content">you forgave</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">made atonement for</span></span></span><span class="content"> our transgressions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.65.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those you choose</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">and bring near to live in your courts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">We are filled with the good things of your house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">of your holy temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.65.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">the hope of all the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">and of the farthest seas,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.65.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.65.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who formed the mountains by your power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.65.6"><span class="content">having armed yourself with strength,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.65.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who stilled the roaring of the seas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="content">the roaring of their waves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="content">and the turmoil of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.65.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="content">where morning dawns, where evening fades,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="content">you call forth songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.65.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You care for the land and water it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">you enrich it abundantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">The streams of God are filled with water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">to provide the people with grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">for so you have ordained it.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for that is how you prepare the land</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.65.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.65.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You drench its furrows and level its ridges;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.65.10"><span class="content">you soften it with showers and bless its crops.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.65.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.65.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You crown the year with your bounty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.65.11"><span class="content">and your carts overflow with abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.65.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.65.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.65.12"><span class="content">the hills are clothed with gladness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.65.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.65.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The meadows are covered with flocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.65.13"><span class="content">and the valleys are mantled with grain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.65.13"><span class="content">they shout for joy and sing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">95</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 95</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.95.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Come, let us sing for joy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.95.1"><span class="content">let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.95.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.95.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let us come before him with thanksgiving</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.95.2"><span class="content">and extol him with music and song.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.95.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.95.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the great God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.95.3"><span class="content">the great King above all gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.95.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.95.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In his hand are the depths of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.95.4"><span class="content">and the mountain peaks belong to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.95.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.95.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The sea is his, for he made it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.95.5"><span class="content">and his hands formed the dry land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.95.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.95.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Come, let us bow down in worship,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.95.6"><span class="content">let us kneel before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.95.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">for he is our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">and we are the people of his pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">the flock under his care.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">Today, if only you would hear his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.95.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.95.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">95:8 </span><span class="fq">Meribah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">quarreling.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.95.8"><span class="content">as you did that day at Massah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">95:8 </span><span class="fq">Massah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">testing.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.95.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.95.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">where your ancestors tested me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.95.9"><span class="content">they tried me, though they had seen what I did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.95.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For forty years I was angry with that generation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;They are a people whose hearts go astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="content">and they have not known my ways.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.95.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.95.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So I declared on oath in my anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.95.11"><span class="content">&#8216;They shall never enter my rest.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">125</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 125</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are like Mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">which cannot be shaken but endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As the mountains surround Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> surrounds his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The scepter of the wicked will not remain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">over the land allotted to the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">for then the righteous might use</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">their hands to do evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do good to those who are good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">to those who are upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But those who turn to crooked ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will banish with the evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">Peace be on Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Adultery</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, pay attention to my wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">turn your ear to my words of insight,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">that you may maintain discretion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">and your lips may preserve knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">and her speech is smoother than oil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">but in the end she is bitter as gall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">sharp as a double-edged sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Her feet go down to death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">her steps lead straight to the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">She gives no thought to the way of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, my sons, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">do not turn aside from what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep to a path far from her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">do not go near the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">lest you lose your honor to others</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">and your dignity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">years</span></span></span><span class="content"> to one who is cruel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">lest strangers feast on your wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">and your toil enrich the house of another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At the end of your life you will groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">when your flesh and body are spent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">How my heart spurned correction!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I would not obey my teachers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">or turn my ear to my instructors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And I was soon in serious trouble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">in the assembly of God&#8217;s people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Drink water from your own cistern,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">running water from your own well.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Should your springs overflow in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">your streams of water in the public squares?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let them be yours alone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">never to be shared with strangers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">May your fountain be blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A loving doe, a graceful deer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may her breasts satisfy you always,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">may you ever be intoxicated with her love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man&#8217;s wife?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For your ways are in full view of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">and he examines all your paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">the cords of their sins hold them fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For lack of discipline they will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.5.23"><span class="content">led astray by their own great folly.</span></span></div>
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